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Esperanto vs French


French vs Esperanto


Countries

Countries
East Asia, European Union, South America  
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
32  
3

National Language
East Asia, European Union  
France  

Second Language
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America  
Africa, Canada  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, South America  
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam  

Regulated By
Akademio de Esperanto  
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française  

Interesting Facts
  • The most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
  • Esperanto is an artificial international language.
  
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  

Similar To
Not Available  
Italian Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Latin  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Esperanto-Alphabets.jpg#200  
French-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
32  
14
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
6  
3

How Many Consonants
27  
17
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks  
3
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
bonjour  

Thank You
Dankon  
Merci  

How Are You?
Kiel vi sanas?  
Comment allez-vous?  

Good Night
Bonan nokton  
bonne Nuit  

Good Evening
Bonan vesperon  
bonsoir  

Good Afternoon
Bonan posttagmezon  
bon Après-Midi  

Good Morning
Bonan matenon  
Bonjour  

Please
Mi petas  
S'il vous plaît  

Sorry
Mi bedaŭras!  
désolé  

Bye
Ĝis poste  
au revoir  

I Love You
Mi amas vin  
Je t'aime  

Excuse Me
Pardonu!  
Excuse Moi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Not present  
Quebec French  

Where They Speak
Not present  
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
6,200,000.00  
15

Dialect 2
Not present  
African French  

Where They Speak
Not present  
Africa  

Dialect 3
Not present  
Swiss French  

Where They Speak
Not present  
Northeast France, Switzerland  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1,800,000.00  
16

Total No. Of Dialects
0  
25  
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
2.20 million  
99+
163.00 million  
11

Speaking Population
Not Available  
1.12 %  
17

Native Speakers
0.20 million  
99+
76.00 million  
13

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
34
87.00 million  
11

Native Name
Esperanto  
français  

Alternative Names
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia  
Français  

French Name
espéranto  
français  

German Name
Esperanto  
Französisch  

Pronunciation
[espeˈranto]  
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Not Available  

History

Origin
1887  
9th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Romance  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Esperanto  
Old French, Middle French and French  

Standard Forms
Esperanto  
Standard French  

Language Position
Not Available  
13  
12

Signed Forms
Signuno  
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
eo  
fr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
epo  
fra  

ISO 639 2/B
epo  
fre  

ISO 639 3
epo  
fra  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
fras  

Glottocode
espe1235  
stan1290  

Linguasphere
51-AAB-da  
51-AAA-i  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Constructed  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Esperanto and French Language History

Comparison of Esperanto vs French language history gives us differences between origin of Esperanto and French language. History of Esperanto language states that this language originated in 1887 whereas history of French language states that this language originated in 9th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Esperanto and French Language History.

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Esperanto and French Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Esperanto and French greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Esperanto and French language. Esperanto word for "Hello" is Halo or French word for "Thank You" is Merci. Find more of such common Esperanto Greetings and French Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Esperanto vs French Difficulty

The Esperanto vs French difficulty level basically depends on the number of Esperanto Alphabets and French Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Esperanto and French are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Esperanto and French, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Esperanto is 6 weeks while to learn French time required is 24 weeks.

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